Malaysia national under-16 football team

Malaysia national under-16 football team
The Malaysia national under-16 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-16 or Malaysia U-16) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-16 Championship, AFC U-16 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments. The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age within 15 to 16 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 17 years old when the next U-17 tournament started.
History
The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national under-19 football team. It is for players aged 16 and less. Also in existence are national teams for Under-22s (Under-21s and Under-20s), Under-19s and Under-15s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, hence it is possible for one to play for the U-16s, senior side and then again for the U-16s.
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
The team best performance in the AFF U-16 Youth Championship is by winning the 2013 edition in Myanmar.
Players was called up for international duty with the international selection as the team will represent the nation in the 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in July 2016. The team did not managed to pass the group stage.
AFC U-16 Championship qualifying
Malaysia achieved their best ever quarter-final appearance in 2014 edition before being eliminated by Australia after a narrow 1–2 defeat.
The team continued to show their improvement at youth level by advancing to the 2016 competition with three wins from four during their qualifying campaign under the guidance of coach P.Somasundram. The team targeting for reaching the semi-finals and qualify for the World Cup.
The team will participated for the 2016 edition in Group C alongside South Korea, Oman, and Iraq. They face the 2016 campaign with failed to get past the group stage, defeated twice each with Oman 0–3 and South Korea 0–3 and draw 1–1 with Iraq in the group, closing their chances to qualify to the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifying
The team qualifying will be determined after AFC U-16 Youth Championship 2018 result.
NFDP collaboration
After a recent slump in performance of national team, Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and National Football Development Programme (NFDP) has collaborated to increase the quality of grassroots football development in Malaysia in order to produce better players for the national team. The current target is to produce players which will represent Malaysia in Under 17 World Cup competition in near future.
International records
World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Asian Confederation
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
ASEAN Confederation
AFF U17 Youth Championship
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Invited tournaments
Results and fixtures
2023
Players
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up for the 2019 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.
Head Coach: Osmera Omaro
Previous call up
The following players have also been called up this year (2017).
Coaching staff
Coaching history
S. Balachandran (2013–2014)
Somasundram a/l Periasamy (2015–2016)
Lim Teong Kim (2017–2018)
P. Maniam (2019)
Osmera Omaro (2022–present)
Honours
Regional
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Winners (2): 2013, 2019
Third Place (2): 2008, 2018
Others
Lion City Cup:
Runner-up (2): 2005, 2006
See also
Malaysia national football team
Malaysia women's national football team
Malaysia national under-23 football team
Malaysia national under-22 football team
Malaysia national under-19 football team
Notes
References
External links
Harimau Malaysia (National Team)
FIFA profile: Malaysia / Fixtures & Results
Football Association of Malaysia
Asian national under-17 association football teams
U-16